HAPPINESS
So early it’s still almost dark out.
I’m near the window with coffee,
and the usual early morning stuff
that passes for thought.
When I see the boy and his friend
walking up the road
to deliver the newspaper.
They have on caps and sweaters,
and the one boy has a bag over his shoulder.
They are so happy
they aren’t saying anything, these boys.
I think if they could, they would take
each other’s arm.
It’s early in the morning,
and they are doing this thing together.
They come on, slowly.
The sky is taking on light,
though the moon still hangs palely over the water.
Such beauty that for a minute
death and ambition, even love
doesn’t enter into this.
Happiness. It comes on
unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really,
any early morning talk about it.
— Raymond Carver wrote those words

A little story of my life from a few days ago:

I must share this. I’m so over-the-moon and back again since leaving my piano lesson today. My piano teacher literally welled with tears when I played her the piece I’ve been working on. Actual tears. Honest to goodness — she had to wipe them away. She was so pleased with how well I did. Last week she convinced me to participate in her upcoming recital (May) so that I have to try to get over my fear of playing in front of people. I practiced hours upon hours this week and can’t believe her reaction! The tears weren’t because I played with any sort of perfection or deep resonance. No, it was because, for the first time, she heard me play with more competency than I’ve been able to before now and with an expressiveness we have both been attempting for me to attain. That is all.

FEELING GOOD!

The feeling of a smile,
creeping over my face,
makes me feel happy inside,
especially if it’s happy tears i have cried,
makes me wana get up and dance,
it sets my brain into a trance,
i tap my feet to a quick beat,
until i start to feel the heat,
i’m gona sway my hips,
and pout my lips,
make myself look good!
it makes me feel the way i should,
with everyone wishing they were me,
i’ll do what i like im young and free,
so pump up the music and lets get down,
dancing till we earn our crowns,
just ignore everyone in the room,
don’t care what people think,
let them all assume,
if i want to swing my arms up in the air,
then that is what i will do,
and i will sing my heart out,
for all i am worth too!
i’ll do what it takes,
to make me happy inside,
becauise now i dont feel like my hands are tied!

–Poem by Emma Jane Rae

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Wishing you all a week ahead filled with moments of inner joy, enough to cause your hips to sway, to sing your heart out, and to strut like a frisky foal.

 

One thought on “it comes on unexpectedly”

  1. i’m so proud of you and happy for you!

    (and to think you thought you couldn’t continue)

    such fitting and beautiful images for your sharing

    gotta love that little strand of something from the end of the flower going upward

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